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80s Dude · 04-04-2020, 10:01 AM

Julie Anne's birthday was yesterday, Nancy M.'s birthday is today.

5 of the elite eight Eastland girls have birthdays in April and May as do Charlotte Rae, George Clooney and Mackenzie Aston.

cfr1970 · 04-04-2020, 10:50 AM

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Julie Anne's birthday was yesterday, Nancy M.'s birthday is today.

5 of the elite eight Eastland girls have birthdays in April and May as do Charlotte Rae, George Clooney and Mackenzie Aston.

Oh that's great to know...Nancy M is an Aries like me!!

Nancy M!

Now WHO is Julie Ann?! Another one with 2 first names and with Ann in it too?!

Sue Ann and NOW a Julie Ann???! Why did the producers DO this?! To mess with our heads?! It's so diabolical!

80s Dude · 04-04-2020, 01:34 PM

Julie Anne is the actress who played Cindy. She probably used her middle name because there was two Julies in the cast.

'80sSitcoms · 04-04-2020, 02:02 PM

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Nancy M.'s birthday is today.

Why should I go to the trouble of wishing Nancy McKeon a happy birthday? She's never wished me one!!

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Julie Anne's birthday was yesterday

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US??!?? You just sat on that all day long???

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5 of the elite eight Eastland girls have birthdays in April and May as do Charlotte Rae, George Clooney and Mackenzie Aston.

As do at least 2 FOL board members!

And yes, I'm joking in my first reply.

cfr1970 · 04-04-2020, 02:05 PM

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Julie Anne is the actress who played Cindy. She probably used her middle name because there was two Julies in the cast.

So Julie Anne is Cindy but she's not Sue Ann! AHHHHH! You're driving me CRAZY!!

And there's TWO Julie's in the cast too? It's like they purposely set out to confuse the hell out of the viewers with these names.

'80sSitcoms · 04-04-2020, 02:07 PM

^---Knowing the girls as well as I do, I never thought of that: There's a Sue Ann and a Julie Anne, but they are NOT the same character and actress.

But if it helps cfr, they tell you WHO each girl is in the theme in each episode! It lists the actress's name along with their character name in quotes! Like this:

CFR1970
"cfr"

cfr1970 · 04-04-2020, 02:16 PM

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^---Knowing the girls as well as I do, I never thought of that: There's a Sue Ann and a Julie Anne, but they are NOT the same character and actress.

But if it helps cfr, they tell you WHO each girl is in the theme in each episode! It lists the actress's name along with their character name in quotes! Like this:

CFR1970
"cfr"

That shows that they knew these names would drive viewers insane!! It's no wonder they axed them all and kept the Core Four with distinct looks, personalities and names.

The only one they did that with later on was for Nancy M and I often wondered why. Does anyone have the inside info on that? Was she considered special?

'80sSitcoms · 04-04-2020, 02:20 PM

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The only one they did that with later on was for Nancy M and I often wondered why. Does anyone have the inside info on that? Was she considered special?

Not sure. It didn't happen until season 3 or 4 (4, I think). It wasn't uncommon back then, but yeah, that is interesting that it eventually happened.

Maybe they were getting overwhelmed with mail saying, "Where are the two yellow blonds and the feminist and the phone girl?? Who is this butch girl??"

(kidding! lol)

cfr1970 · 04-04-2020, 02:23 PM

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Not sure. It didn't happen until season 3 or 4 (4, I think). It wasn't uncommon back then, but yeah, that is interesting that it eventually happened.

Maybe they were getting overwhelmed with mail saying, "Where are the two yellow blonds and the feminist and the phone girl?? Who is this butch girl??"

(kidding! lol)

I don't think anyone confused Jo with the other girls lol.

I don't know....with the salary dispute later on, and I also read she threw a script across the room in anger for something she didn't like, and the separate credits...I can't help but wonder if she was a diva. (I still love her, but if she was, oh well. It wouldn't change my mind about her. I'm just curious)

80s Dude · 04-04-2020, 02:28 PM

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So Julie Anne is Cindy but she's not Sue Ann! AHHHHH! You're driving me CRAZY!!

And there's TWO Julie's in the cast too? It's like they purposely set out to confuse the hell out of the viewers with these names.

Well, you got two Nancys. Nancy the character and Nancy the actress. Also both had black hair so there has been some confusion among some people.

'80sSitcoms · 04-04-2020, 02:30 PM

Black hair? Felice had black hair, but Nancy McKeon (darn her being named "Nancy") had dark brown.

RetroGuy2000 · 04-04-2020, 03:15 PM

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Julie Anne is the actress who played Cindy. She probably used her middle name because there was two Julies in the cast.

But Julie Anne's stage name predates her time on FOL: she used it on LHOTP, for example.

RetroGuy2000 · 04-04-2020, 03:18 PM

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So Julie Anne is Cindy but she's not Sue Ann! AHHHHH! You're driving me CRAZY!!

And there's TWO Julie's in the cast too? It's like they purposely set out to confuse the hell out of the viewers with these names.

That's nothing: Little House had five sisters, three played by actresses named Melissa: Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, and (in later seasons) Melissa Francis. That must have been an easy set to work on!

valentina warner · 04-04-2020, 07:46 PM

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So Julie Anne is Cindy but she's not Sue Ann! AHHHHH! You're driving me CRAZY!!

And there's TWO Julie's in the cast too? It's like they purposely set out to confuse the hell out of the viewers with these names.

I cannot believe you still cannot tell them apart lol!

CINDY looked nothing like SUE ANN (except for the 'Goldilocks' hair colour): she wore braids, i found her prettier, she wore sport clothes and had different taste. She was always hanging around NAT and MOLLY too.

SUE ANN on the other hand wore long hair, was best buddies with BLAIR and had different interests. She used to love hanging around the trouble makers such as TUMPY, and try crazy things like smoking 'Marijuana'

cfr1970 · 04-04-2020, 07:53 PM

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I cannot believe you still cannot tell them apart lol!

CINDY looked nothing like SUE ANN (except for the 'Goldilocks' hair colour): she wore braids, i found her prettier, she wore sport clothes and had different taste. She was always hanging around NAT and MOLLY too.

SUE ANN on the other hand wore long hair, was best buddies with BLAIR and had different interests. She used to love hanging around the trouble makers such as TUMPY, and try crazy things like smoking 'Marijuana'

TUMPY?!

04-04-2020, 10:01 AM	#1
80s Dude Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 24, 2019 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,818	Happy Birthday to Nancy M. Julie Anne's birthday was yesterday, Nancy M.'s birthday is today. 5 of the elite eight Eastland girls have birthdays in April and May as do Charlotte Rae, George Clooney and Mackenzie Aston.

04-04-2020, 01:34 PM	#3
80s Dude Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 24, 2019 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,818	Julie Anne is the actress who played Cindy. She probably used her middle name because there was two Julies in the cast.

04-04-2020, 02:07 PM	#6
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	^---Knowing the girls as well as I do, I never thought of that: There's a Sue Ann and a Julie Anne, but they are NOT the same character and actress. But if it helps cfr, they tell you WHO each girl is in the theme in each episode! It lists the actress's name along with their character name in quotes! Like this: CFR1970 "cfr"

04-04-2020, 02:30 PM	#11
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	Black hair? Felice had black hair, but Nancy McKeon (darn her being named "Nancy") had dark brown.